It was a hot time to start today’s bike ride after coming home from church. I decided to ride my Lynskey Helix bike on the “Kingwood Streets” due to a time constraint and the heat. I filled the CamelBak with ice and water and set off at 1:20 PM. The temperature was 94 with wind from the south at 10 mph and 20 mph gusts. When I finished at 2:48 PM the temperature hit 97 and the wind was from the south at 9 mph and 17 mph gusts. The problem is Kingwood has lots of trees so the wind is not consistent though I don’t think it was helping keep me cool. It reminded me of the convection oven effect. This was the 10th time biking Kingwood streets this year but the routes are not all the same. I ride freelance, I guess.

Today I rode 18.22 miles ending the week at 241.1 miles. The rides this week covered a wide variety of routes from the Spring Creek Greenway to Galveston Island. This is the 3rd week in a row over 200 miles. I passed the halfway point on the 800 mile goal for June with 401.12 miles. Year to date I’m up to 4,161 miles still trailing 2021 and 2020. I averaged 34.44 miles per ride. I rode the Cervelo 4 times and the Lynskey 3 times. I’ve rode every day since May 23rd.

I’m getting used to the new 46×33 crankset on the Lynskey Helix bike with 2 rides on it. The gearing is not identical to the 48×35 on the Cervelo but close. The AXS.SRAM.com ride report shows all of the gearing activity. The Lynskey Helix now has 163 miles on it and many more to follow.